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Ellise Lim. 28th Feb 1992. Lianhua Pri 99-04. Commonwealth Sec 05-08. Commonwealth Military Band. Oboe Section. Bonker`dds. ♥ Music, Dramas, Design, Food, Winners.
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Tuesday, August 29, 2006
[ 7:48 pm ]
tha video was, inspiring.
its so easy to watch a video,
but i guess the hard work itself's not that easy.
all the hours and hours of practise,
all the tears and the blood,
i, have nothing to say lah.
i'm nothing, compared to them.
& all of the sudden, i feel so useless.
i'm becoming some girl who's crazy over korean guys.
happy birthday junhong. (:
Monday, August 28, 2006
& so my friends,
[ 7:30 pm ]
we all live in this perfectly imperfect world.
where everything seems to be perfect,
but they're in fact, imperfect.
what you watch on tv, what you imagine, what you read,
they're all just lies.
there's no perfect love story.
there's no perfect job.
there's no perfect song.
so what's perfection?
its imperfection. (:
whoo.
i don't get it.
the sentences are contradicting each other.
happy birthday ms shyam.
&
happy birthday qian ning.
(:
Sunday, August 27, 2006
some random stuff chrisopher shared.
[ 11:11 pm ]
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A woman has a close male friend. This means that he is probably interested in her, which is why he hangs around so much. She sees him strictly as a friend. This always starts out with, you're a great guy, but I don't like you in that way.
This is roughly the equivalent for the guy of going to a job interview and the company saying, You have a great resume, you have all the qualifications we are looking for, but we're not going to hire you.
We will, however, use your resume as the basis for comparison for all other applicants. But, we're going to hire somebody who is far less qualified and is probably an alcoholic. And if he doesn't work out, we'll hire somebody else, but still not you. In fact, we will never hire you. But we will call you from time to time to complain about the person that we hired.
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IronChef Foicite: well, there's a lot of reasons
IronChef Foicite: i mean, roses only last like a couple weeks
IronChef Foicite: and that's if you leave them in water
IronChef Foicite: and they really only exist to be pretty
IronChef Foicite: so that's like saying
IronChef Foicite: "my love for you is transitory and based solely on your appearance"
IronChef Foicite: but a potato!
IronChef Foicite: potatos last for fucking ever, man
IronChef Foicite: in fact, not only will they not rot, they actually grow shit even if you just leave them in the sack
IronChef Foicite: that part alone makes it a good symbol
IronChef Foicite: but there's more!
IronChef Foicite: there are so many ways to enjoy a potato! you can even make a battery with it!
IronChef Foicite: and that's like saying "i have many ways in which I show my love for you"
IronChef Foicite: and potatos may be ugly, but they're still awesome
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asked was:"Would you please give your honest opinion about solutions to the
food shortage in the rest of the world?"
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www.bash.org
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just for laughs. (:
[ 11:59 am ]
uh, daisy, i thought of sth for the dance.
the squat down part. (:
remind me to tell you on monday yah.
homework :
- english essay
- chinese exercise
- history wb chapt 7
- math
okay know its only like 4.
but its the first time we had so much homework
i like the whole month. seriously.
this is getting damn scary.
the exams are nearing.
like 3 weeks away.
and i have no idea what i'm doing.
ughs.
the more i sleep, the sleepier i get.
this is like getting so unproductive.
say all you want for all i care.
stare until your eyes pop out also can.
two five is two five.
size doesn't matter.
500 band music before syf 2007! (:
Saturday, August 26, 2006
[ 11:41 pm ]
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its the picture you paint,
and not the mess you make, while painting the picture.
nobody really cares about the process eh.
everyone just wants to see results, and only results.
so at the end of the day,
we just end up learning nothing.
just continue to rot and one day just die.
wo jiao jin san shun!
[ 1:25 pm ]
my brother's out.
my mum's out.
my dad's out.
mercy doesn't care.
the greatest opportunity to blast the music!
fwahahahaha. ;D
went for the teachers' day rehearsal.
i hope my ankle's okay.
just recovered, and i wasn't supposed to dance.
but a lot of people already not around,
so just, haha yalah.
i like that korean show!
wo jiao jin san shun! ;D
i think the lao ban's super shuai can. gah!
SHUAIIIIIII~
Friday, August 25, 2006
[ 9:31 pm ]
jealousy kills us all.
it just makes the whole world shitty.
oh whatever.
i just realised,
the overseas trip is $1600+.
i forgot to include the airport tax, which is like $300.
and liling ah, the $300 is everyone also have de.
for your 4 years in the school or sth.
so i still have to pay $1300.
so yes, liying, i really want the 10 cents.
EVERY CENT COUNTS!
i want to at least save $500 by the trip.
anyone wanna make any donations?
i will gladly accept. (:
i hope at least 85% of the band goes,
so we won't have to combine with _ _ _ _ _ _.
oh well.
gah.
i'd draw triangles and squares.
to all those suffering from food poisoning,
or some other sickness or injuries,
get well soon! (:
Thursday, August 24, 2006
[ 8:00 pm ]
F.I.R - 天天夜夜
how do i live without you
i want to know
how do i breathe without you
if you ever go
how do i ever
ever survive
how do i how do i
oh how do i live
当你的手还握在我手中
没有一次
我还停留
说不出口的感动
当你的手还握在我手中
灿烂的笑容
不论过多久
都让我心动
每一天在你的怀里等待
每一次我感觉你的存在
不能重来
不愿离开
是永远都灿烂的爱
每一天在你的梦里等待
每一次我感觉你的存在
so how do i live
how do i live
how do i live
without you
当你的手还握在我手中
没有一次
我还放手
没有一次
停留
当你的手还握在我手中
灿烂的笑容
不论过多久
都让我心动
oh tell me now
how do i live without you
how do i breathe without you
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
[ 9:55 pm ]
at the end of the day,
its what we'll face, what we're gna go through.
oh whatever lah okay.
i have $85.41 in my edusave account.
the cost of the overseas trip is likie $1,355+.
minus the $40 i can use from my edusave,
and the $300 every student has,
i still have to pay $1000.
start scrimping and saving from today!
every cent counts. (:
sorry to people whom i still owe bday presents.
and hello.
my ankle is getting more and more swollen.
and its starting to hurt.
i don't know why it starts getting painful only now.
daisy says its infection or something.
i will kill weijie if i become crippled.
and yes, i sprained my ankle again.
i'm not gonna play for inter-class frisbee.
i'm not gonna dance the dance on teachers' day.
i'm not gonna go for church youth camp.
thank you.
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
[ 11:08 pm ]
i thought about what mr tan said today.
i think, we can make it.
if everyone works together.
if those people can do it in 3 months,
why can't we do it in 6 months?
but the way the school puts it,
i now feel that,
going on the overseas trip's like
signing a contract with the school,
promising that we're gonna get a gold with honours in 2007.
then all our minds will be filled with
thoughts about getting that gold with honours.
then what's music already?
yeah. we need to have aims.
we need to have goals to work towards.
but ultimately, we're not here just to get that gold with honours what.
don't tell me all the performing arts groups' members
join their cca just to get a gold with honours for the school?
i doubt so.
i'm sure those in choir joined cos they like singing.
those in dance joined cos they like dancing.
those in band joined cos they wanna make music.
then now its like. wtf lah.
and i think the ___ __ are super WHAT lah.
they haven't even got their basics right,
and they want to rush into playing difficult pieces.
in the end, they'll just memorise rhythms,
die trying to fit into the tempo,
destroy the whole piece or something.
everything starts from the basics,
why so impatient?
there's no fucking shortcut.
nobody took any shorcuts.
its just practise, and more practise.
and please, there's a difference btwn PRACTISING and PLAYING.
i wanna go on the overseas trip with the band.
its gonna be hell a lot of fun lah.
but the school is like. arghs.
still, we'll make it happen. right?
at least i will try so damn hard, like i never did before.
what's impossible?
impossible is nothing.
Monday, August 21, 2006
[ 8:37 pm ]
i went to the Muse Festival website again.
i looked at all the photos,
and just started laughing to myself.
no, i am not crazy.
i'm perfectly fine.
just recalled some funny stuff.
stuff liying and i crapped during band and all.
how it was like when the sec 4s were like still around.
come to think of it,
i miss having band with the sec 4s.
so many memories lah.
like playing scissors paper stone with liying during full band.
& the time we didn't play for like 1h+ was hell.
making liying damn pissed cos i'm damn out of tune.
writing on the back of scores cos we had to keep quiet.
sniggering and giggling behind our stands.
vandalising the stands, of course.
randomly turning to the people behind & say hi.
those times were fun.
& now, it's so lonely sitting alone in front.
my attempts to make friends with the clarinets sitting beside me failed patheticly.
oh well. i talk to benjamin ok! hahahas!
just some pictures from the website.
i remember the whole tbone section,
going crazy over that cornet guy from the jameshargest band.
the opening ceremony day.
we sat by the road. haha.
it was all peaceful, before the TALL people came.
& the daring tbone section actually took a pic,
with the TALL & SCARY people.
gah!
many many more lah.
lazy to upload. hahaha.
i kinda miss muse fest!
awh.
[ 7:38 pm ]
Muse - Starlight
Far away
The ship is taking me far away
Far away from the memories
Of the people who care if I live or die
Starlight
I will be chasing the starlight
Until the end of my life
I don't know if it's worth it anymore
Hold you in my arms
I just wanted to hold
You in my arms
My life
You electrify my life
Let's conspire to ignite
All the souls that would die just to feel alive
But I'll never let you go
If you promised not to fade away
Never fade away
Our hopes and expectations
Black holes and revelations
Our hopes and expectations
Black holes and revelations
Hold you in my arms
I just wanted to hold
You in my arms
Far away
The ship is taking me far away
Far away from the memories
Of the people who care if I live or die
And I'll never let you go
If you promise not to fade away
Never fade away
Our hopes and expectations
Black holes and revelations
Our hopes and expectations
Black holes and revelations
Hold you in my arms
I just wanted to hold
You in my arms
I just wanted to hold
(:
i heard my brother listening to it.
its quite nice la. i like the piano part. cute. ;D
& i like the drumset in the video! hahas.
hi liying. ;D
Sunday, August 20, 2006
[ 9:10 pm ]
i'm like totally ignoring the fact that
there's a science common test tomorrow.
instead, i'm reading THE PEARL.
oh wow.
smartness eh?
two pieces of foolscap paper, pen, notes.
go go go!
happy birthday liesl. (:
[ 5:57 pm ]
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edit.
acid + alkali -> salt + water
acid + metal -> salt + hydrogen gas
acid + carbonate -> salt + carbon dioxide + water
acid
turns blue litmus red.
turns methyl orange red.
phenolphthalein remains colourless.
turns universal indicator red/orange.
alkali
turns red litmus blue.
turns methyl orange yellow.
turns phenolphtalein pink.
turns universal indicator blue/violet.
haha whatever.
actually, i've nothing to say.
i'm just posting for fun.
lalalalala.
tomorrow's monday again.
oh P.E. lessons & common tests.
Saturday, August 19, 2006
[ 10:02 pm ]
URP 2 3 4!
LEFT RIGHT LEFT,
CMB!
the juniors did a good job okay.
tianji, i'm super proud of you lah. ;D
jiayou okay!
& i'm sorry the card's super ugly.
fwahaha. lala.
oboe section boulders!
went to be usher.
shuyi & i have the potential to do business when we grow up.
we are like super good at stealing business lah.
adam & that guy are failures at doing business.
HAHA.
& i got a flower for being an usher. LOL.
thank you liying! ;D
if it wasn't for you,
there won't be me.
and if there was no me,
there'd still be tianji.
okay. that was like so pointless.
whatever lah.
Friday, August 18, 2006
[ 8:27 pm ]
okay.
quickly update before my bro comes back.
we did alleluia laudamus te during sectionals today.
it wasn't that difficult la.
got a few new rhythms and stuff,
then some other stuffs, lalalala,
quite okay lah.
not as bad as i thought. hahas. ;D
junior band festival!
dear tianji, tomorrow's the big day.
JIAYOU OKAY. ;D
"you have everything to lose when your scared, but nothing to lose when you're daring."
&
"don't disgrace your seniors!"
- liying / danny / farhan
&
"be a winner. (:"
- ELLISE.
lols. just do your best lah okay.
after practising for so long le,
don't mess up on the performance day.
jiayou jiayou jiayou!
i'm gonna be usher tomorrow.
haha! we're wearing schl uniform with tie.
i'm so going to start sweating. LOLS.
but its gna be fun lah.
together with linda & shuyi & venus. whoo!
going to have 7 schools at jbf.
i remember last time our jbf only got 4 schools lah.
hahas oh wells.
screw whatever's screwed,
let's just go there & have fun lah. ;D
& oh, hardy, think the board's gna damn ugly.
sorry ah. you still owe me a drink.
i almost died bringing that board home.
;x
oh hai yai yai ho hey~
Thursday, August 17, 2006
[ 8:28 pm ]
WTF.
our history teacher is gone again.
what's wrong with the school. like seriously.
its fucking not the first time already la okay.
at least make the effort to inform us right.
like seriously, this is damn irritating lah.
and its not the first time can,
you know how many hist teachers we had last year.
the school's damn unfair lah.
just always treat our class like shit. wtf lah.
okay.
whateverness.
it may not be true anyway.
but can't they just get teachers who don't absent themselves once a week.
always get this kind of teachers one lah.
shitness.
had auditions for the teachers' day performance.
i think we did quite okay lah.
i wasn't really that enthu, was kinda tired le.
i'd be happy if we got in.
i'd also be okay if we don't get in.
so, whatever lah okay. (:
F.I.R - GET HIGH !
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
[ 9:57 pm ]
pw presentation was..
hmm, i felt that it was quite successful,
until the teachers started asking questions lah.
cloning.
we didn't even research on that.
to think we could come up with so much crap,
it guess it was quite an achievement.
i think the distinction just flew away already,
but i don't think we'll do very badly though.
embryonic stem cells!
the lit test was about circles & death.
like wow.
i think i wrote something like
"the poet draws an image of sadness and seperation."
like wth.
think i'm gonna do badly. hahas.
what's with the depression and stuff lah.
i look like i just got punched by someone.
Alleluia Laudamus Te.
okay, hopefully i spelt it right.
i so pray, we're not really gna play it for syf.
its nice but its not nice.
O_O
you get me? =/
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
[ 10:56 pm ]
if you only had 24 more hours to live,
who'd you wanna spend the 24 hours with?
what'd you like to do?
what'd be your last words?
what's the last song you'd like to listen to?
what's the last thing you'd want to eat?
i realised, i never really thought about it.
so if i had only 24 more hours to live,
it'd be the most unfruitful 24 hours of my life.
i guess i'd spend the 24 hours thinking of what to do.
gahs.
oh well.
twofive got in for the teachers' day thing.
junior band fest is on saturday.
there's math & literature test tomorrow.
yawn.
Monday, August 14, 2006
[ 11:01 pm ]
HARHAR.
i win the thousand bucks.
i knew it lah. phew.
scolding's over, i feel much better.
relieved, i should say.
the junior band 2006. (:
people, jiayou for jbf on saturday yah!
about 4 more days to go!
[ 9:11 pm ]
so, we're just gonna keep quiet,
and continue ignoring everything.
i bet a thousand bucks,
she's gonna be unable to take it sooner or later,
and she's gonna start scolding.
or rather, i hope that happens soon.
i can't take this silence and sacarsm anymore.
fucked up.
Sunday, August 13, 2006
[ 6:58 pm ]
i had fun.
i had frustrations.
i got super irritated.
i'm still fucking pissed.
i love two five.
food & funfair was alright.
wasn't really that exciting, but i had fun lah.
selling food with brendon was fun. haha.
yay, at least i made a new friend lah. ;D
our game stall was quite pathetic.
the game was lame and stupid,
i did nothing much there though. hahas.
oh, we forgot to take a class photo.
oh whateverness. next time yah.
i didn't get to see mrs methias. haha.
& curse that guy who swept water on me.
fucktard. dirty my class tee. shit you.
oh yeah. liying came, with yangzhe.
LES! ;x hahahahs.
& i realise, its been a long time since we had a chat.
i miss the time, the one and only period of 4 mths?
where we had sectionals, and there were 3 people.
now, its like, tianji's always having full band,
so i end up having sectionals alone. boringgg~ gah.
okay, back to the topic.
all in all, i think the food & funfair was quite successful.
we raised quite a lot of money bah.
maybe not much to you, but its a lot to me alrdy.
i'm looking forward to the new schl next year.
though, i quite hate to leave our current compound.
oh well, we'll keep the memories. (:
Saturday, August 12, 2006
[ 11:08 pm ]
our dear wong pawk hannah got bullied!
[ 9:57 pm ]
set up our stall today.
our spot sucks a lot.
super unfair lah.
they always treat our class like that.
we always get the shit. arghs.
nevertheless, we shall make the best outta the shit.
sometimes, you've got to learn to deal with your mums.
its super irritating i tell you.
i tell, no, remind her,
that i her that i got the funfair tomorrow,
and that i won't be going for tuition and piano.
i changed my piano to another day already.
so that's okay. tuition can't be changed.
bo bian, got to miss.
AND HELLO,
i already told her like 2 weeks ago.
then now she come and tell me all the shit,
about wasting her money paying for tuition and all.
like seriously, she din say anything 2 weeks ago lah.
fucking irritating.
and now she keeps talking in that sacarstic tone.
seriously, i feel like just waking up at 6am tomorrow,
go to school, and come back as late as possible tomorrow night.
oh yeah, then she goes dragging everything to BAND.
like seriously, it has nothing to do with band.
but she starts blaming band for don't know what,
keep saying i keep missing tuition lessons
cos of performances and donno what shit.
then start complaining about me reaching home at 7pm.
i seriously don't know how she got there lah.
tard.
and its not the first time.
Friday, August 11, 2006
[ 8:44 pm ]
"don't think that you're an artist just because nobody understands you."
sacarsm.
haha.
funfair's on sunday.
we're all busy doing the deco and stuff.
even though our class isn't doing anything grand,
like haunted house or dunking machine,
but i still hope we'll make our stall good lah.
afterall, if you wanna do,
might as well just do until nice nice right.
go two five! (:
i miss my oboe.
i'm worried about my oboe.
even though i already locked it in the flute cupboard.
i still feel the insecurity. gah!
please don't try do knock a hole in the wall yah.
band hasn't been that busy lately.
junior band fest is on saturday. haha.
5pm and VCH. O_O oohlala.
im praying it turns out well.
go juniors. jiayou!
amk and xinmin juniors are gna be there too.
okay. off to do the instruction board.
i shall take pictures of it when i'm done.
lala~
LET'S GET HIGH! ;D
Thursday, August 10, 2006
[ 9:16 pm ]
class tee.
back.
front.
& with our model, mr hardy.
the front.
& the back.
i, personally have not much comments.
except that i feel like killing the uncle.
its okay but its not okay lah.
depends on your personal point of view. =/
oh well.
i'm sorry lah.
its quite screwed.
[ 5:03 pm ]
the miracles 3 people did in 4 hours. (:
liling, tiffany and i went to schl today,
did up the banner in like 4 hours.
back and neck aches,
empty and flattened tubes of paint,
dirty hands and skirts.
like wow.
it was tiring okay.
what we came up with at first. plain.
but i think the words are nice okay.
we spent hell a lot of time and paint. lols.
then, i added dotted lines! yay.
the art of dotted lines lah. ;D
liling drew the words. (:
hurray.
i think it looks much nicer in the pic,
rather than the real thing. haha. oh well.
it looks nice from far. yup. (:
css food and funfair!
13th august 2006, sunday
9am to 5pm
lala.
i'm so not going to the haunted house okay.
or'd rather, haunted band room. -.-
but no, i must continue ruling the world. YAY.
Calcium Hydroxide. ;D
edited.
oh fellow pw group members.
do you realise our presentation is nxt week,
and we haven't rehearsed the thing yet!
oh what's loh lo going to say lah. gaaaaahh.
hardy's gonna collect class tee.
wonder how it turned out. O_O aw man.
jerelyn's sick.
daisy's sick.
hannah's sick.
cavin's sick.
half the world is dying or sth.
take care people!
black holes & revelations. (:
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
[ 9:53 pm ]
i found this in my pictures. haha.
i think emmaline sent it to me a long time ago.
quite true eh?
compare the number of oboists with
the number of clarinetists in a band.
it's like. wow. hahaha.
i recall the time in sec one when we just got into band,
and mr tan was assigning us our instruments.
he was like "so, what instrument you wanna play?"
then got this senior beside him.
i was like "uh.. oboe? [stupid smile] "
then he and the senior started laughing like shit.
i think he still thinks i'm crazy.
i also don't know why i did that. haha.
oh well. who cares lah.
i'm happy with my instrument okay!
;D
[ 8:31 pm ]
HELLO.
i have pictures!
you don't have.
so i let you see mine.
okay?
okay. (:
aren't i nice? lala.
daisy's birthday day.
we gave her a surprise thingie lah.
we went to buy a cake for her. hahahas.
& jerelyn bought that orange daisy for her.
awh. smile s'more!
okay, these two pics look the same.
hi jianhong. eh, what what?
awwwwwww.
weet ooh weet!~haha, hope she liked our 'arrangements'. (:
and this is a pic of the poster i printed out.
i don't know what's with my dad's printer's colour thing lah.
so i printed all in black and white. heh.
actually looks quite okay also lah. oh well.
sorry pawk. =/
lala.CLASS OUTING!
okay. it wasn't exactly class outing lah.
but quite a lot of people went okay. (:
we went to west coast park, i think. yeah.
and there was some extra, ew. ;x
i love two five!
trying to cross the road.i ran across first, hahas.
that's why i managed to take the pic.
they look so cute lah! red red! ;D
bibiana. with her makeup. ;x
big bull! hahahas. he looks so uncle.
don't know what they doing.
HARDY IS GIRL.
shawn, junhong & ben. & bibiana's butt.
guys relaxing. & bibiana, again.
maxwell.
me and bibiana. okay i look weird.
jerelyn & junhong.
bibiana & jerlyn.
and, some weird shot bibiana took.jerelyn is tired. awh. haha.
oh yeah, both jerelyn & daisy are sick.
GET WELL SOON PEOPLE! take care yah! (:
lalala~
and i went home early that day.
cos my mum was yelling. =/
oh wells.
[ 11:57 am ]
i've made changes and lala stuffs.
minor changes only. tikam-ed the words there.
hahaha. pawk! tell me if its okay yah. (:
okay.
lala.
HAPPY 41ST BIRTHDAY, SINGAPORE! (:
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i must say,
the invention of paper was super smart.
History
The word paper comes from the ancient Egyptian writing material called papyrus, which was woven from papyrus plants. Papyrus was produced as early as 3000 BCE in Egypt, and in ancient Greece and Rome. Further north, parchment or vellum, made of processed sheepskin or calfskin, replaced papyrus, as the papyrus plant requires subtropical conditions to grow. In China, documents were ordinarily written on bamboo, making them very heavy and awkward to transport. Silk was sometimes used, but was normally too expensive to consider. Indeed, most of the above materials were rare and costly.
The Chinese court official Cai Lun (蔡倫) described the modern method of papermaking in AD 105; he was the first person to describe how to make paper from wood pulp. Paper is considered to be one of the Four Great Inventions of Ancient China. Archæologically, true paper had been excavated in China dated from the 2nd-century BC. It spread slowly outside of China; other East Asian cultures, even after seeing paper, could not figure out how to make it themselves. Instruction in the manufacturing process was required, and the Chinese were reluctant to share their secrets. The technology was first transferred to Korea in 604 and then imported to Japan by a Buddhist priest, Dam Jing (曇徴) from Goguryeo, around 610, where fibres (called bast) from the mulberry tree were used. After further commercial trading and the defeat of the Chinese in the Battle of Talas, the invention spread to the Middle East, where it was adopted in India and subsequently in Italy in about the 13th century. They used hemp and linen rags as a source of fiber. The oldest known paper document in the West is the Missel of Silos from the 11th century.
Some historians speculate that paper was the key element in global cultural advancement. According to this theory, Chinese culture was less developed than the West in ancient times prior to the Han Dynasty because bamboo, while abundant, was a clumsier writing material than papyrus; Chinese culture advanced during the Han Dynasty and preceding centuries due to the invention of paper; and Europe advanced during the Renaissance due to the introduction of paper and the printing press.
Paper remained a luxury item through the centuries, until the advent of steam-driven paper making machines in the 19th century, which could make paper with fibres from wood pulp. Although older machines predated it, the Fourdrinier paper making machine became the basis for most modern papermaking. Together with the invention of the practical fountain pen and the mass produced pencil of the same period, and in conjunction with the advent of the steam driven rotary printing press, wood based paper caused a major transformation of the 19th century economy and society in industrialized countries. Before this era a book or a newspaper was a rare luxury object and illiteracy was normal. With the gradual introduction of cheap paper, schoolbooks, fiction, non-fiction, and newspapers became slowly available to nearly all the members of an industrial society. Cheap wood based paper also meant that keeping personal diaries or writing letters ceased to be reserved to a privileged few. The office worker or the white-collar worker was slowly born of this transformation, which can be considered as a part of the industrial revolution.
Unfortunately, the original wood-based paper was more acidic and more prone to disintegrate over time, through processes known as slow fires. Documents written on more expensive rag paper were more stable. The majority of modern book publishers now use acid-free paper.
Recent developments
Paper made in the west since the industrial revolution has been almost exclusively wood based, except for a few specialized papers like those used in banknotes. However, at least one company (Cloudy Bay Cotton) has recently tried to introduce cotton based tissue papers to westernised countries as an alternative to wood based ones. Their reasons for doing this are that the cotton based tissue papers are less abrasive, less likely to cause allergic reactions, and far more environmentally friendly than wood papers, as they are made from renewable materials. The type of cotton fibres used for making paper are discarded as unusable waste from the textile industry, and can be manufactured using fewer chemicals and less energy.
Some manufacturers, notably AMD, have started using a new, slightly more environmentally friendly alternative to expanded plastic packaging made out of paper, known commercially as "paperfoam". The packaging has very similar mechanical properties to some expanded plastic packaging, but is biodegradable and can also be recycled with ordinary paper. [1]
With increasing environmental concerns about synthetic coatings (such as PFOA) and the currently higher prices of hydrocarbon based petrochemicals, there is a recent focus on zein (corn protein) as a coating for paper in high grease applications such as popcorn bags. [2]
Synthetics such as Tyvek and Teslin have been introduced as printing media as a more durable material than paper.
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hey, think about it.
without paper, what'd be the world?
where would we do our homework,
how do we clean our asses after shitting?
(:
haha.
i don't know what's my problem.
i got that thought while doing filing. (:
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
[ 3:45 pm ]
i'm a loser at growing flowers.
no wonder mercy never lets me water the plants.
hmm.
today's quite fun lah.
we sang a few songs many many times.
hardy was super sad cos we only sang his opera song once.
our hand waving thing was a total mess.
we only did the wave like once? twice?
the ambience was quite un-high.
but it was still fun lah.
went to west coast park with the class.
okay, half the class.
only maybe one-third of the class. haha.
had fun. but i left early.
my mum was quite pissed lah. oh well.
whateverness.
i'm going to watch ndp tomorrow. haha!
sometimes,
i'd rather just close my eyes and pretend i saw nothing.
what's with the world, okay, with me?
i was on the bus,
then i saw this old man pushing his old wife,
who was sitting on a wheelchair.
he looked so weak already,
plus the hot weather, making things worse.
then he had to chiong so hard across the road lah.
and and and,
i saw this old woman.
super skinny, skinnier than pawk lah.
pushing a trolley thing with cardboard boxes on it.
and you know at mrt stations,
you'll always see disabled, or elderly,
selling tissue paper by the walkways.
change the world, please.
but then, think again.
if there's no poor, where'd there be the rich?
if there're no elderly, where'd be the young?
if there're no disabled, where'd be the abled?
so, i guess it just depends on luck lah.
Monday, August 07, 2006
[ 11:20 pm ]
i'm disgusted.
its super gross and stupid lah okay.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
lol.
lOl.
LoL.
LOl.
Lol.
lOL.
loL.
LOL.
al ou al.
anyway, pawk, i've done the poster.
am i efficient or am i efficient lah. (:
its quite similar to the class tee design.
i used the dotted lines again,
and also the same fonts for the twofive thing.
i thought it'd be quite significant,
cos we'll be wearing class tees on that day.
yah, so, can bah.
uh, pawk, when you see this,
tell me what to put in the empty space there yah.
i don't know what to put to attract ppl lah. hahas.
lalala~
[ 8:49 pm ]
i don't know.
i feel, lots and lots of stuffs.
心里有一种酸酸的感觉
don't know
what to feel, how to react,
what to say, what to do..
aiyah. i'm just imagining things.
tomorrow got the national day celebration.
the four all performing 'cept for jerelyn & me.
lala. we'll have fun singing songs out of tunely. (:
can't you just say what i wanna hear?
i doubt you'll ever.
it's just my stupid brain, malfunctioning.
happy birthday, daisy. (:
Sunday, August 06, 2006
[ 6:26 pm ]
PICTURES: Part II.
introducing, NYJC! (:
the place where we went for ypsb practices,
where we lied down in the middle of the parade square,
where we dropped coins into the drains
to check out how deep the drain was..
and so many other stuffs.
the photos were all taken on the last night,
as in our last practise there.
i keep wanting to take, but always forget.
it was the last time we're gonna be there alrdy,
so i had to take the pics.
even though it was very dark already.
some pics are really quite bad lah,
my phone flash kinda lousy or something. haha.
but oh wells, at least i still can recognise the stuff lah.
the hall! from the outside.
i have no idea why it's green.
but anyway, this is some big empty space near the canteen.
the band room.
the band room door.
WHY ON EARTH DID I TAKE A PIC OF THIS? O_O
some store room they keep their instruments in.
the santaclaus playing the saxaphone! haha so cute.
some notice on the storeroom door.
the bridge thingie. okay, you can't see it.
what on earth are these two doing there?
haha! liling! your shoes give out light!
okay, reflect light. -.-
the parade square.
once again, you can't see anything. blah.
the canteen. HAHA. in darkness.
photocopier.
i don't know what's this. haha. blackness?
the circle circle round-about thing near the entrance!
the plants and the river/fountain/water thingie.
i think it's the basement. carpark or sth.
lalala.
brings back memories. (:
then, wonderful presents i got on the performance day.
sunflower! pretty eh? its dead already. opps. ;x
from liying.
cranes and stars and a bottle of sand.
from cybil & xiangyun.
rose!
from eunice & emmaline.
folded flower and postcard thingie.
from chester.
thank you people. (:
the presents really made my day.
i love ya'll! ;D
lala~
sunday, went to daisy's house to practise the tchers' day dance.
we had fun. (:
& thanks to daisy's mum for the noodles. lala!
shots taken by bibiana cos she was resting!
practising~
do you like see what i see?
okay, very lazy to rotate the pic. haha.
lazy lazy lazy. rotate your head yah.
dance dance!
we completed the dance already.
went through the auditions already.
hopefully we get in. (:
go two five!
some other random pics.
some burger king thing i saw on the train.
isn't hello nicer?
she wrote one saying
"30% of 2/5 are children. the other 70% just pretend to be children."
but she rubbed it off before i could take a pic.
hahaha. (:
done!
that's all the pics from the last time i uploaded.
lalalalalalala~
i'm glad i have my phone.
so many memories captured.
(:
links and credits
Loree Paris
Oboe BBoard
MUSE festival 2006
The Bonker`dds
Bibiana
Daisy
Hannah
Jerelyn
Jerlyn
TWOFIVE 06
THREETHREE 07
Afiq Amanda Amelia Anne
Camelia Cassandra Cavin Cedric Chang Horng Charmaine Cheryl Chester Ching Yi Chin Hou Christopher Clement Cybil
Dan Hui Daniella Dina
Emmaline Eugene Eunice
Fabian Fabian Fiona
Glennda
Hardy Hui Lin Huishin
Ivan
Jamie Jasmine Jasper Jia Hua Jingwen Joey Joshua Junhong Junie Jun Jie
Lee Ling Leon Leon Liang Ying Li Ling Linda Liyana Li Ying Lois Lycia
Mabel Mandy Melissa Mingshi
Nicholas Nisa
Pamela Pei Yi
Qian Ning
Rayson
Sameer Sarah Saw Shaun Shawn Shermine
Tianji TingTing
Venus
Wei Xiang
Yan Qing Yi Hui Ying Li Yong Jian You Jing Yuni
Ze Xun Zheng Wei Zhe Peng
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